Paul Molitor

Positions: Designated Hitter, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: August 22, 1956 in St. Paul, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 28th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cretin HS (St. Paul, MN) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN).

High School: Cretin HS (St. Paul, MN)

School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

Debut: April 7, 1978 (Age 21-228d, 13,999th in major league history)
vs. BAL 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1998 (Age 42-036d)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2004. (Voted by BBWAA on 431/506 ballots)
View Paul Molitor's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Ron Simon

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Paul Leo Molitor

Nicknames: The Ignitor

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

75.6

10835

3319

234

.306

1782

RBI

1307

504

OBP

.369

SLG

.448

OPS

.817

OPS+

122

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-13 / in Starts: 16-13
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	16 games
Most Games w/o HR	9 games
Most Games w/o RBI	4 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1981	ALDS g1	Oct 7	MIL		NYY	L,3-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1.30	-0.077	20.34	-0.85%	-0.10	RF
2	1981	ALDS g2	Oct 8	MIL		NYY	L,0-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	1.48	-0.053	21.03	-0.44%	-0.28	RF
3	1981	ALDS g3	Oct 9	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.583	.968	1	1.20	0.320	10.49	1.84%	1.59	CF
4	1981	ALDS g4	Oct 10	MIL	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.500	.853	1	.74	-0.002	14.18	0.01%	-0.15	RF
5	1981	ALDS g5	Oct 11	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.318	.400	.718	1	.78	-0.033	32.58	-0.62%	-0.33	CF
1982 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1982	ALCS g1	Oct 5	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	.56	-0.018	17.58	-0.23%	-0.32	3B
7	1982	ALCS g2	Oct 6	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.750	1.125	1	.97	0.118	32.63	2.18%	1.89	3B
8	1982	ALCS g3	Oct 8	MIL		CAL	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.833	1.167	1	.70	-0.044	17.13	-0.59%	0.88	3B
9	1982	ALCS g4	Oct 9	MIL		CAL	W,9-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.294	.625	.919	1	.41	0.027	18.73	0.66%	-0.54	3B
10	1982	ALCS g5	Oct 10	MIL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.316	.381	.684	1.065	1	1.78	0.075	148.00	3.67%	0.97	3B
11	1982	WS g1	Oct 12	MIL	@	STL	W,10-0	CG	6	6	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.440	.481	.720	1.201	1	.46	0.027	23.81	1.03%	1.40	3B
12	1982	WS g2	Oct 13	MIL	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.433	.469	.667	1.135	1	1.77	-0.058	90.58	-1.23%	0.05	3B
13	1982	WS g3	Oct 15	MIL		STL	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.382	.417	.588	1.005	1	1.16	-0.155	72.56	-5.64%	-1.51	3B
14	1982	WS g4	Oct 16	MIL		STL	W,7-5	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.342	.390	.526	.917	1	.79	-0.014	48.27	-0.54%	-0.35	3B
15	1982	WS g5	Oct 17	MIL		STL	W,6-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.391	.500	.891	1	.73	0.047	60.37	2.13%	-0.02	3B
16	1982	WS g6	Oct 19	MIL	@	STL	L,1-13	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.326	.380	.478	.858	1	.55	-0.076	49.62	-3.77%	-0.07	3B
17	1982	WS g7	Oct 20	MIL	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.340	.389	.480	.869	1	1.49	0.114	247.50	13.70%	0.94	3B
1993 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	1993	ALCS g1	Oct 5	TOR	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	5	5	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800	.800	1.400	2.200	6	.98	0.254	25.61	4.29%	3.19	DH
19	1993	ALCS g2	Oct 6	TOR	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.111	1.778	6	.69	0.046	17.80	0.70%	0.29	DH
20	1993	ALCS g3	Oct 8	TOR		CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.538	.538	.846	1.385	3	.44	-0.005	9.17	-0.04%	-0.21	DH
21	1993	ALCS g4	Oct 9	TOR		CHW	L,4-7	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.444	.647	1.092	6	.97	-0.016	31.16	-0.44%	-0.01	DH
22	1993	ALCS g5	Oct 10	TOR		CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.455	.650	1.105	6	.59	0.039	24.44	0.87%	0.12	DH
23	1993	ALCS g6	Oct 12	TOR	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	5	3	2	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.391	.481	.696	1.177	6	1.27	0.144	56.97	4.18%	2.69	DH
24	1993	WS g1	Oct 16	TOR		PHI	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.452	.630	1.081	6	.91	0.033	47.56	0.98%	-0.09	DH
25	1993	WS g2	Oct 17	TOR		PHI	L,4-6	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.400	.486	.667	1.152	3	.95	0.082	50.15	2.76%	1.08	DH
26	1993	WS g3	Oct 19	TOR	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	5	4	3	3	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.441	.525	.824	1.349	3	.49	0.238	30.62	9.65%	3.58	1B
27	1993	WS g4	Oct 20	TOR	@	PHI	W,15-14	GS-9	6	4	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.447	.543	.816	1.359	6	1.29	0.189	78.69	6.58%	2.86	3B
28	1993	WS g5	Oct 21	TOR	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.429	.520	.762	1.282	6	.61	0.024	21.50	0.46%	0.12	3B
29	1993	WS g6	Oct 23	TOR		PHI	W,8-6	CG	5	5	3	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.447	.527	.851	1.378	3	1.52	0.273	117.27	12.36%	2.45	DH
									132	117	28	43	5	3	6	22	12	1	15	2	1	0		2	3	2	.368	.435	.615	1.050

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